This page contains the relevant Cabinet papers and other documents relating to the process to consider changing the New Zealand Flag, undertaken from 2014–2016. The Responsible Minister was the Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Bill English, and the lead department was the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Flag websites

The two flag-related websites created to support the flag referendum process – www.flag.govt.nz and www.standfor.co.nz – have been decommissioned. They now redirect visitors to this page on the DPMC website.

The websites have been captured by the National Library's National Digital Heritage Archive (NDHA).

See the National Library catalogue records for 'View It' links to the archived instances of these websites:

Due to the dynamic nature of those websites, the archived instances do not fully capture all of the flag designs and comments submitted on those websites.

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is working on arrangements so that the submitted designs in electronic form can be made available to researchers on request. Researchers can contact the Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet for enquiries using the Cabinet Office contact details.

Flag Consideration Panel meeting documents

Date Published

Title

Download

4 Nov 2015

Summary: Release of Flag Consideration Panel meeting documents 4 November 2015Contains explanations of redactions made in line with the Official Information Act 1982, a summary of the Panel’s design selection process, and a table of documents released, including links to publicly available material where applicable